moonslav59

Yes, he should at least be on the honorable mention list.

Pom has proved he can be very effective as a two pitch SP'er. He's hit a rough stretch that may be affected by an injury. Sure, it would help if he had a 3rd effective pitch, but he may not need one, if he can just regain what he had the first half of 2016 and all of 2017.

Finish 'em off!

Maybe, but there seems to be less this year... still too many, though.

To me, these were Ben's best moves: 1. The Dodger dump (perhaps a top 5 Sox trade of all time) 2. Signing Koji 3. Trading 2 months of Miller for 7 MLB seasons of ERod 4. Signing Napoli (the first time) 5. Trading Jed Lowrie & Kyle Weiland for Mark Melancon 6. Trading Matt Albers & Podsednik for Craig Breslow 6. Signed Cody Ross to a 1 year deal 7. Trading Peavy for Hembree and E Escobar 8. Trading Cespedes for Porcello & extending him 9. Luis Ortega for Burke Badenhop 10. Signed Rich Hill to a minor league deal 11. Cash for Mike Carp 12. Trading Mike Aviles for John Farrell 13. Signing Scott Atchison to a mnor league deal Honorable/semi honorable mention: Signings: Victorino, S Drew (the first time), J Gomes, M Scutaro, Dempster, David Ross, Trades: Cash for Scott Podsednik, Bowden for Marlon Byrd, Iggy & Montas for Peavy, Mortenson for Q Berry How about draftings and international signings? Draft Benintendi Kopech & Dubon (helped get Sale) B Johnson Poyner C Asuaje (helped get Kimbrel) T Buttrey P Light (got us Abad) Beeks J Haley Ockimey Chavis S Travis K Martin Stankiewicz J Cozart IFA R Devers M Margot (helped get Kimbrel) Moncada & Basabe (helped us get Sale) Espinoza (Got us Pom) Basabe (helped us get Thornburg) Bautista (helped us get A Reed) Lin D Hernandez Let me know, if I missed anybody?

Who has done so poorly in our pen that necessitates Buttrey replacing them? As of right now, these guys are not on the 25 man roster: DL ERod Wright Walden AAA Pom Scott Beeks Haaley Cuevas Jerez Buttrey Shepherd Martin

We still have our share of bonehead plays, but it seems better than last year.

If so, it's because of Texas being part of the country.

We should see some promotions very soon.

Guardians get Hand. Cubs get Jesse Chavez.

True.

So, that makes 12 teams out and 2 on the bubble as of right now. That's about half the teams as sellers.

Some pansy Texans wear special gloves that disallow the upward movement of the middle fingers.

On the farm today.... AAA Cuevas 7 IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 8K Castillo 2 for 5 (.313) T Renda 2 for 5 (.472) Buttrey blows the save AA (10-0 blow-out) Teddy Stanki 8 IP, 3H, 0ER, 0BB, 5K Ockimey 3 for 3, HR, 2B, 3 RBI D Hernandez 5IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K (3.90 ERS now)

To me, it makes more sense to get a basher that forces JD to be our FT DH (except in NL parks).

I always thought I was the only Texan never to own a gun. If they allowed bazookas to be sold, my guess is 40% of Texans would buy one.

Team with no chance: BAL -30 KCR -30 CWS -24 DET -17.5 TEX -17 Pretty much dead: SD -14.5 TOR -14 MIA -13 NYM -13 MN -12.5 CIN -10 Bubble LAA -9 TBR -8.5 PIT -5.5

We could see a lot of waiver deals as teams thinking their in it on July 31st, find out they are not by the end of August. Also, as of right now, 9 of the 15 AL teams ate 8.5 or more games behind the last WC slot. They'd have to pass 2 of these teams: NYY, SEA or OAK. I can see the TBR or LAA passing Oakland but not the other two. My guess is 9 AL teams already see themselves as out of it. The NL is different. Only 4 teams are 10 or more games out of the WC slot. The other 11 are all within 5.5 games of the last slot. That may change by July 31st, but maybe not. There could be some more out by the end of August.

I guess they could move Bellinger to OF, Turner to 1B and slot Machao at 3B, but that's a lot of moves to get Machado to a position (3B) he doesn't even want to play.

Four years and twelve days ago, the trade of 2 months of Andrew Miller netted the Sox 7 MLB seasons of Eduardo Rodriguez.

Me neither. Never said it. Never typed it.

I second that evaluation. Here's a good one: We get to the Canadian border and the lady asks, "Do you have any guns, mace or any other weapons?" "No," I respond. "Do you have any guns at home?" she then asks. "No," I say again. "None?" she says again as she looks at my Texas Licence plate with a puzzled look on her face.

I wonder, if he retired, gave up his money and then signed to a coaching contract at the same rate, if we could wiggle out of the luxury tax money.

I wonder why the cupboard is so bare. I'm thinking that we did not give up much for Peacre. Maybe we can get a decent starter and RP'er for similar prospects. I'd hate to lose Groome, Mata or Houck.

I think we did things just right. We have 3 starters out and, as is, can still bridge to the deadline to sort out who will be back and who won't be.